Today I learned in Biology AP that John Ritter died from a hereditary disease and he died because he was under so much stress his aorta exploded and he bled to death. It was so sad I felt like crying. I never knew that.

Now that's a different story I've heard. :(

Now that's a different story I've heard. :(
my teacher told me it is called Marfan Syndrome

my teacher told me it is called Marfan Syndrome

So right now we have two theories..

1. Aorta Dissection
2. Marfan Syndrome

Wow..I wish my teachers would talk about John. :(

So right now we have two theories..

1. Aorta Dissection
2. Marfan Syndrome

Wow..I wish my teachers would talk about John. :(
I think its awesome my teacher is a TC fan. She said that on set his aorta burst and he bled to death quickly. If that is true I wonder what he was so stressed out about.

So right now we have two theories..

1. Aorta Dissection
2. Marfan Syndrome

Wow..I wish my teachers would talk about John. :(


John's death certificate says that he died of Aortic Dissection. It's a condition that he was born with. The thing that upsets me is that doctors could have noticed it years early with a simple chest x-ray and John could've had the surgery to fix it. :(

John's death certificate says that he died of Aortic Dissection. It's a condition that he was born with. The thing that upsets me is that doctors could have noticed it years early with a simple chest x-ray and John could've had the surgery to fix it. :(

Yeah..stupid doctors.. :(

ok well I guess my teacher was wrong( :lol: ).

John Ritter died of what is called an aortic dissection. This occurs when the inner layer of the aorta's artery wall dissects. The most common reason why aortic dissections occur is because of high blood pressure. An aortic dissection is hard to detect, but it can be heredetary, as in this case with John. By the time the doctors finally found out what it was that John Ritter was suffering from, it was too late. There had already been too much leakage from the blood, so even if they would try to repair what had torn, it would just keep tearing. Very, very sad indeed. :crying:

Yea, you're right on the money, Cassandra...it's such a horrible, sad way to die. I only wish he could've detected this at an earlier time :(







John Ritter died of what is called an aortic dissection. This occurs when the inner layer of the aorta's artery wall dissects. The most common reason why aortic dissections occur is because of high blood pressure. An aortic dissection is hard to detect, but it can be heredetary, as in this case with John. By the time the doctors finally found out what it was that John Ritter was suffering from, it was too late. There had already been too much leakage from the blood, so even if they would try to repair what had torn, it would just keep tearing. Very, very sad indeed. :crying:

Yeah..stupid doctors.. :(
If I knew who those doctors were,I would tear them apart(of course I would need help) and say "you can't see me!"http://www.billingsgazette.com/rednews/2005/03/29/build//sports/images/40-cena.gif after I do.That'll teach them a lesson for letting John Ritter die

Poor John! Just reading that makes me want to cry! :( It wasn't his time to go! :( :( :(

Was John definatley born with it? I know they can be caused by high blood pressure, I would have thought that over the course of his live (for medical insurance) he would have needed scans (which could have shown this)?

Are you a nurse like Terri? :D

:rofl: Lol!!

Wow..I wish my teachers would talk about John. :(

Actually the day after he died my health teacher started teaching us about heart problems and everything. Then someone brought up John's name and then the whole class was talking about him the rest of the period.

BTW welcome #1 Terri Alden Fan, we finally have 2 Terri's fans on the boards :D :wave:

The day he died I heard it on the radio and thought I was hearing things.Then my 1st hour teacher said "did you all know John Ritter died?"I was like :eek: :(
Actually the day after he died my health teacher started teaching us about heart problems and everything. Then someone brought up John's name and then the whole class was talking about him the rest of the period.

BTW welcome #1 Terri Alden Fan, we finally have 2 Terri's fans on the boards :D :wave:
Wha about me?I'm a Terri fan.Just because John Cena is in my avatar instead of her doesn't mean I'm not a fan of her's :confused:

Wha about me?I'm a Terri fan.Just because John Cena is in my avatar instead of her doesn't mean I'm not a fan of her's :confused:

OOPS! I'm sorry lol how can I forget about you..

CORRECTION: BTW welcome #1 Terri Alden Fan, we finally have 3 Terri's fans on the boards :D :wave:

Thanx :D

Sometimes I think to myself if only he had maybe gone to the hospital earlier rather than go to lay down when he wasn't feeling well, maybe he'd still be alive today. But than again, hospitals are good at covering up their mistakes. Butif they say that if this was cause by high blood pressure, it makes me wonder, did he still smoke? Even though they said that he quit, I remember seeing him in his last movie of 'Manhood' smoking a cigar.I'll always miss him. :rip: :jack :crying:

Butif they say that if this was cause by high blood pressure, it makes me wonder, did he still smoke? Even though they said that he quit, I remember seeing him in his last movie of 'Manhood' smoking a cigar.
You can have high blood pressure without smoking. Many other things can cause it. He supposedly quit smoking back when he was on "Three's Company" (both he and Joyce). He probably just smoked that cigar in "Manhood" just for the role.

my teacher told me it is called Marfan Syndrome

Marfan Syndrome can casue aortic dissection.

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic43.htm

"The mortality rate is 1% per hour for the first 48 hours."

I can't imagine this is an easy thing to fix. What can the doctors do? Open up a person and sow the aorta? The aorta is the huge blood artery that comes out the of the heart, it is under high presure, even more than if someone cut their corotid artery in the neck.

It's weird becuase I used to have a friend who's father was born with that. I remember her always telling me that if he got too stressed he'd have to stop wahtever he was doing and relax and take some medication. Then when i was about 15 I didn't see her for months. And finally she called to tell me her father passed away because of his heart condition. When I asked her what was wrong she said his aorta just couldn't handle the blood flow and it started leaking.....when he got to the hospital it was too late. He died in the waiting room. I remember her crying over the phone so hard and I wish I was there to comfort her. Turns out they moved back to Washington after his unexpected death. I'm not sure about John but it sounds alot silmilar. So sad..... :(

the morning i found out he died the night before around 11:00, i couldn't believe it, i went into school and everybody was just so sad looking and i had been dazed like all morning while trying to get dressed...later that night, i cried myself to sleep. i still can't believe it.it's times like this when you wish you had a time machine and you could go back atleast 1 year before and tell him that if he doesn't get it fixed he could die. :( I really miss John he was my childhood hero...and still is by the way.

So right now we have two theories..

1. Aorta Dissection
2. Marfan Syndrome

Wow..I wish my teachers would talk about John. :(

Here's something about an aortic dissection in the "People" that had John's death as the cover story.

Marfan Syndrome can casue aortic dissection.

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic43.htm

"The mortality rate is 1% per hour for the first 48 hours."

I can't imagine this is an easy thing to fix. What can the doctors do? Open up a person and sow the aorta? The aorta is the huge blood artery that comes out the of the heart, it is under high presure, even more than if someone cut their corotid artery in the neck.

I'm not positive as to exactly how they fix this condition - could be these days they just totally replaced the aorta if it's caught in time. I know it couldn't be something that they could repair by sewing as it's the lining of the aorta that becomes thin - hence leaking blood.

Basically this is what happened to Princess Diana in that car accident, only to a much more violent degree - her aorta was torn. They bleed to death so quickly that the doctors can't help.

I know the Ritter family (Amy) sued the doctors and the hospital and were successful so there HAD to be something that the doctors did mess up and miss. Basically after it was all settled, it proved that more could have been done for him. I also think Diana might have lived had she been in North America (in Paris, in a crash like that, the paramedics try to do everything on site rather than transporting to hospital - an injury like that required immediate care in the hospital only).

Actually, Lucille Ball died of the same thing but at a much older age. I remember just after John died they said it's not that easy to detect. A chest x-ray cannot detect it but I think an MRI can.

John should still be alive if one of 2 things happened and they SHOULD have:

1. Like a lot of men I bet John hardly went to the doctor if at all. If he had a full check up once he hit 50 including a full cardiac screening. He should have because he had a history of heart disease since his dad died of it.

2. The doctors at the hospital SHOULD have saved him. The doctors at Cedars-Sinai saved Lucille Ball with the same condition. The doctors at the hospital John was at should've recognized the problem earlier. In the lawsuit the stated if the doctors did things properly then "John would be alive and well today."

The question is how long would John have really lived? Lucille Ball only lived a week after her aorta was repaired. If the aorta was so weak and prone to dissect again then I'm not sure if they can actually replace an entire aorta yet or not. The lawsuit said John would be alive and well today so maybe there would've been some way to save him in the long term.

Just imagine what the conversation was like between the 8 Simple Rules cast and all of John's friends like Henry Winkler, Joyce Dewitt, etc.

my teacher told me it is called Marfan Syndrome

I don't think it was Marfan syndrome since those people are usually very tall, skinny, and have a sunken chest and John was not like that.